SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio has announced that Damon Amendolara will join the channel starting Monday, October 2 to host “The D.A. Show with Babchik” alongside Mike Babchik from 6-9am Eastern.
Amendolara joins SiriusXM from CBS Sports Radio where he has been since its launch in January 2013. He started out on the network hosting overnights and then moved to 6-10pm in December 2014. Amendolara would then move to late mornings in April 2017 and took over morning drive at the start of 2020. Prior to joining CBS Sports Radio, Amendolara spent three years hosting nights at “98.5 The Sports Hub” WBZ-FM Boston, two at 560 WQAM Miami, and four years in mornings at 610 KCSP Kansas City. He has also worked in Rochester NY and Fort Myers during his career.
Mike Babchik has been with SiriusXM since 2008 and co-hosted its former “Morning Men” morning show with Evan Cohen from 2011 until Cohen’s move to ESPN Radio last month.
SiriusXM announced today that it has signed popular national sports radio personality Damon Amendolara to be the new morning host on its exclusive 24/7 all-sports channel, Mad Dog Sports Radio.
Starting Monday, October 2, Amendolara will host The D.A. Show with Babchik, alongside longtime SiriusXM personality Mike Babchik, every weekday morning from 6-9 am ET. Mad Dog Sports Radio is available to SiriusXM listeners nationwide in their cars (channel 82) and on the SiriusXM app here: https://siriusxm.us/maddogsportsradio.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to join SiriusXM and Mad Dog Sports Radio,” said Amendolara. “This is such an incredibly talented team to be part of. I can’t wait for the ‘D.A.-liens’ and Mad Dog listeners to unite as I join Babs in the mornings. Let’s get the laughs and energy rolling!”
“D.A. is one of the brightest stars in sports radio today,” said Eric Spitz, SiriusXM’s Vice President of Sports Programming. “He delivers a terrific blend of informative and thoughtful sports talk with creative, entertaining humor, which is what our listeners are looking for as they start their day. He and Babs will make a dynamic team as they lead off our programming each morning.”
Since 2017, Amendolara has been the lead host of The D.A. Show, the morning show on the CBS Sports Radio Network, heard on over 150 radio stations across North America. Prior to CBS he hosted shows on local stations in Boston, Miami, Kansas City and Fort Myers, FL. He also served as the sideline reporter for Major League Soccer telecasts of the New England Revolution and he has been a contributor to the NFL Network, MLB Network, NFL Films, SNY and NBC Sports Boston.
Mike Babchik has been with SiriusXM since 2008 and has been a co-host on the channel’s previous morning show, Morning Men, since 2011.
The debut of The D.A. Show with Babchik follows the recent launch of another new show on Mad Dog Sports Radio – Beadle & Decker, with Michelle Beadle and Cody Decker – and is the latest addition to an all-star weekday lineup on the channel:
6 – 9 am ET: The D.A. Show with Babchik with Damon Amendolara and Mike Babchik
9 – noon ET: Schein on Sports with Adam Schein
Noon – 3 pm ET: Beadle & Decker with Michelle Beadle and Cody Decker
3 – 6 pm ET: Mad Dog Unleashed with Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo
6 – 7 pm ET: Mad Dog Daily with Steve Torre
7 – 10 pm ET: Mad Dog Sports Radio Tonight
10 pm – 1 am ET: Night Cap with George Wrighster
